CIS Microgrants

The CIS Microgrants program dates back to 2005 with an initial dontion from Kodak in support of student and faculty innovation and research. CIS has since continued the program through internal support so that students and faculty may continue to excel outside of their academic studies.

Please see below for a history of rewarded microgrants.

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2012

Innovative Student Research
New Collaboration

2011

Innovative Student Research
New Collaboration

2010

Innovative Student Research
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2008

Innovative Student Research
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2006

Innovative Student Research
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2005

Innovative Student Research
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2012 Awarded Microgrants - Innovative Student Research Category

Advancements in Spin Cast Plastic Telescope Mirrors

PI: Michael Every, Physics, Undergraduate

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Richmond

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Acquisition of Compact Spectrometer for Fluorescence Quantum Yield Measurement of Quantum Dot Down-conversion Film Under VIS, UV, VUV, EUV and x-ray Illumination

PI: Ross Robinson, CIS, PhD Student

Faculty or Staff Advisor: Zoran Ninkov, CIS, Professor

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Design and development of an open source high-speed flash trigger

PI: Glenn Sweeney Undergraduate Double Major Imaging Science Imaging and Photographic Technology

Advisors: Carl Salvaggio, Jason Faulring, Christye Sisson

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Development of a novel acoustic lens focusing based ultrasound pulse echo imaging system

PI: Saugata Sinha, Imaging Science Ph.D. student

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Navalgund Rao

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Enabling Rapid Low-Cost Surface Sensing of 3D Printed Structures

PI: Alvaro J. Rojas Arciniegas, PhD student of Imaging Science, Chester Carlson Center for Imaging Science

Faculty Advisor: Marcos Esterman

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Enhancing Image Quality at Capture using Gaze Detection: Building an Eye-Tracker Using Off-The-Shelf Cell Phone Cameras and a Tablet Computer to Demonstrate Proof of Concept

Susan P. Farnand, CIS Research Scientist/Color Science PhD. Candidate
Jeff B. Pelz, Center for Imaging Science Professor
Marcos Esterman, Industrial & Systems Engineering Associate Professor

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Focused Circle Detector for Efficient Tracking and Detection

Student PI: Thomas Kinsman, (Imaging Science, PhD)

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Pelz, Nathan Cahill

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Imaging Polarimetry with Microgrid Polarizer Arrays: Crosstalk Characterization in Pixelated Polarizing Optics

PI: Dmitry Vorobiev, Astrophysical Sciences and Technology, PhD

Faculty Advisor: Zoran Ninkov

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Interference Pigments and Their Potential to Create New Colors for Paints and Inks Outside of the Natural Spectrum

PI: Jennifer Kruschwitz, Color Science, PhD

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Roy Berns

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Live Imaging Demonstration of Phenomena in Transparent Media

PIs:
Dan Goldberg, Imaging Science, undergraduate
Lindsay Quandt, Imaging and Photographic Technology. undergraduate

Co-Is:
David Beyerlein, Imaging and Photographic Technology
Kevin Dickey, Imaging Science
Ben Lubin, Imaging and Photographic Technology
Marissa Masek, Biomedical Photographic Communications and Biology
Jackson Roland, Imaging and Photographic Technology
Glenn Sweeney, Imaging and Photographic Technology and Imaging Science
Timothy Tiebout, Biomedical Photographic Communications

Faculty Advisor: Dale E. Ewbank, Microelectronic Engineering

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Methodology to Compensate Head Motion for Remote Eye Trackers

PI: Dong Wang (Imaging Science, PhD student)
Co PI: Sol Simpson (President and CTO of iSolver Software Solutions)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Pelz

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Multiprimary Digital Projection for Reduced Observer Metamerism

PI: David Long, Color Science, PhD
CO PIs: Yuta Asano, Color Science, PhD
Alex Pagliaro, Color Science, MS

Faculty or Staff Advisor: Mark Fairchild

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Planning for Hydrology Renewal and Invasive Typha Management

PIs: Jonathan Rowe, Imaging Science, Environmental Studies concentration, 3rd year undergraduate
Nadya Spice, Environmental Science Remote Sensing and Environmental Studies concentrations, 3rd year undergraduate

Faculty Advisor: Anthony Vodacek

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Power by Day – Astronomy by Night: Evaluation of the Imaging Quality of Heliostats at Concentrated Solar Power Facilities

PI: Allison Gray, Imaging Science (PhD)
CO PI: Dmitry Vorobiev, AST (PhD)

Faculty Advisor: Zoran Ninkov, CIS, Professor

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Proton Testing Digital Micromirror Devices (DMDs) for Space Flight

PI: Kenny Fourspring, CIS, PhD Candidate

Faculty Advisor: Zoran Ninkov, CIS, Professor

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Spectrograph for Educational and Astronomical Observations

PI: Billy Vazquez, AST, PhD Student
CO PI: Marcus Freeman, AST, PhD Student
CO PI: Valerie Rapson, AST, PhD Student

Advisor: Dr. Michael Richmond, School of Physics and Astronomy

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Volumetric Display

Team members:
Cicely DiPaulo, Imaging Science, undergraduate
Brooke Saffren, Biomedical Science, undergraduate
Douglas Peck, Imaging Science, undergraduate
Megan Iafrati, Imaging Science, undergraduate
Rose Rustowicz, Imaging Science, undergraduate
Sean Cooper, Motion Picture Science, undergraduate
 
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maria Helguera, Imaging Science

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2012 Awarded Microgrants - New Collaboration category

Effects of delayed language acquisition on ability to inhibit eye-gaze toward emotional signed valence in an antisaccade task

PI: Poorna Kushalnagar, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Imaging Science
Co-I Name: Tina Sutton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology

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Exploiting Synergy between Photoacoustic Microscopy, Cell Biology and Magnetic Resonance using Molecular Agents in Cancer Imaging Research

PI: Dr. Navalgund Rao, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Imaging Science, RIT
Co-Is: Dr. Hans Schmitthener, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, School of Chemistry and Material Science, COS, RIT
Dr. Joseph Hornak, Ph.D.,Professor, Center for Imaging Science/School of Chemistry and Material Science, COS, RIT
Dr. Irene Evans, Ph.D., Professor, School of Life Science, COS, RIT
Dr. Hyla Sweet, Ph.D., Professor, School of Life Science, COS, RIT

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High spatial- and temporal- resolution mobile eye tracker

Investigators: Bo Hu, Research Scientist, Center for Imaging Science
Dorin Patru, Associate Professor, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering Department
Jeff Pelz, Professor, Center for Imaging Science

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Pilot Study for “Seeing the World Through a Compound Eye”

PI: Jinwei Gu, Center for Imaging Science, Assistant Professor, RIT
Co-PI: Oliver Cossairt, EECS Department, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

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Use of ultrasound to enhance transdermal delivery of lipid-based
Nanoparticles

María Helguera, PhD., Associate Professor, Center for Imaging Science, RIT
Fernando Ontiveros, PhD., Assistant Professor, Biology Department, St. John Fisher College

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